Maximus Morness Kawabata Missing Person Case

In the summer of 2013, a quiet community in Kirkland, Washington, became the center of a heart-wrenching story involving the disappearance of five-year-old Maximus Morness Kawabata. The young boy, known affectionately as Max, was last seen on July 25, 2013. His disappearance was not a case of a child wandering off, but rather a non-custodial parental abduction. Max, a U.S. citizen, was taken by his mother, Chie Kawabata, to Japan in violation of multiple court orders. This distressing event unfo ...
Last Seen: Jul 25, 2013

Chie Kawabata | Children's Rights Council of Japan (Japan child ...

Maximus Kristoffer Morness Kawabata, 5, Kirkland, taken to Japan ...